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Kelly Byrne Bull; Juliann B. Dupuis – English Journal, 2014
This article offers suggestions on teaching a nonfiction unit (in English) and a genetics unit (in biology) that, together, incorporate reading, researching, writing, and advocating for an environmental issue. The multimodal approach described in this article seeks to integrate web-based learning experiences and digital texts along with…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, High School Students, English Teachers, Science Teachers
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Wilson, Amy Alexandra – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
The author outlines ways in which conceptions of texts and literacy may be distinctive across academic disciplines. Framed in theories of social semiotics, she asserts that each discipline is recreated through a series of texts, defined broadly to include any instances of communication. Texts in each content area not only instantiate a particular…
Descriptors: Discipline, Content Area Reading, Literacy, Semiotics